Inside Education and Health Sciences

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The School of Education and Health Sciences gives out a number of awards each year to students, faculty and staff. Here is a list of the 2025 award winners.


The annual Lumen Fidei award honors outstanding Catholic educators across the state. This year's winners are Dr. Matthew Fletcher for Lumen Fidei and Moira Rodriguez as the inaugural Rising Star.

The champion rower and Olympian will be the guest speaker for the health and sport science annual student awards.

The Bombeck Family Learning Center recently celebrated its first Erma Bombeck Spirit Week to celebrate the life and legacy of Erma Bombeck, the humorist and writer, and advocate for family and community.

The Bombeck Family Learning Center hosted the From Trash to Treasure Recycled Art Show in January, a celebration of creativity, sustainability and community.

Ohio's Great Minds Fellowship Program is simultaneously helping clinical mental health counseling students defray the costs of grad school while addressing mental health workforce shortages.

Carly Olson '27 uses Johann Hari's Stolen Focus to break down the different levels of attention, and reflect on how it is helping her discern her vocation.

Assistant clinical professor Rebecca Gonter-Dray was recognized as the 2025 Outstanding Dietetics Educator for the Ohio chapter of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and also for the north central region of the national organization.